Mmm... shinigami cosplay.

I gave in to my animal instincts and bought "Death Note" (the manga) in English. Ah, the adventures of a mass-murdering teenager and his aspirations towards godliness. It's pretty sweet but at 1000 yen a pop it's kinda expensive for one comic book. Now I own one copy in English and one in Nihongo. It's like my Rosetta Stone, by which I can decipher this foreign language and gain international renown. My name will go down in history! MWAHAHAHA!!!

Kaizoku daisuki desu

I started watching this great anime- One Piece! I never bothered with it before because I thought it looked, well, stupid. But I was wrong- c'est fantastique! Monkey D. Luffy (who chooses these names anyways??) is following his dream to discover the world's greatest treasure (or "one piece") hidden by a notorious pirate so he can become the Pirate King. On the way, he wins friends and allies with his bizarre rubbery antics and kind heart. But nevermind that stuff, there's pirates!! And I'm learning a bunch of Japanese pirate-y vocab which I'll probably never ever need. Also, I'm a horrible dork for watching this show.

Overactive imagination?

So every week I take the Hankyu line to Kobe, at least once. And somewhere between Takarazuka and Nishinomiya-Kitaguchi, I gaze in wonder upon this archetectural marvel! I had come to believe it was perhaps the discarded shell of some ancient sea monster, possibly defeated by Godzilla himself. Today, upon investigation, I was disapointed to see it was indeed the Hanshin racetrack, just as Becki suggested, and up close it looks less like an aquatic behemoth and more like a man-made structure. I have included, for your delectation, a picture of said racetrack plus an artist's conception (uh, mine) of a possible prehistoric crustacean of similar proprtions. Reminds me of those creepy Ohmu things from Nausicaa. Tomorrow I might investigate another archetectural phenomena I've seen around here. Someone has to!

The Nastiest Dish in the World

As I write this entry, I am gorging myself on bowl of boiled leeks. Mmm, delicious. I find that a little salt and tightly controlling my gag reflexes make this a most pleasant meal. All joking aside, this is probably the worst thing I've eaten in a long time. What a soggy tasteless disgusting dish. Who's bright idea was it anyways? Oh, right. It came from my new "eating healthy" book. Evidently, the plan is to control eating through negative reinforcement. I know I've lost my appetite. Ugh, there's still half the bowl left! Gross.

Thug Nasty

Ooh-er, look at my thug life moustache: "Ore wa kakke." That's basically all I have to say in this post. I have a role in Luke's upcoming movie ("friend of Tristan") and he forced me to crossdress for the part. And by "forced" I mean allowed me to crossdress, after I asked him about forty times. Hey, who doesn't feel like sporting a moustache once in awhile? Aw, it looks so cute! Er, I mean tough. Yeah.

Obaachan!

Whoa, today is my Grandma's birthday. Many happy returns of the day! She's 90- what the heck! I firmly believe she'll outlive everyone in the family. In fact, after the apocalypse, it'll just be Grams and the cockroaches scuttling around the planet. And maybe a few mutant zombie creatures! And some coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae); those fish are too cool for school!

***In a completely unrelated note, I think I tend to overuse exclamation points!!

The Finalest of Fantasies

Behold, ye olde Final Fantasy XII game. Actually, it's not old, it's new. So new it's not even out yet. But it will be out soon. And when it comes out... I will wait for Azusa to buy it then go to her house and watch her play it. It'll probably take a billion light years to come out in English. Anyways, this is Vayne Kaldas Soridor (yeah, I know, nice name, buddy). My money's on him as the main baddy. He looks like a real sh*t disturber. I like his hair. It's sort of flamboyantly medieval.

FULL CURE!

FYI: March 7.06 is the first day these wonderful potions go on sale in Japan. Ah, finally, my dream of living inside a video game is closer to becoming a reality. *pumps fist in air* YESSSSSS!

Ah, to be young again... and also a robot.

Today I went to Amemura and... I didn't get lost! Not even a little. It rained all the way to Osaka then stopped when I got there so I had to lug my big stupid pink umbrella everywhere for no reason. Amerika-mura is a great place, especially if you like visual kei, like moi. There are many shops catering to my strange needs. I bought two cds from now-defunct visual bands (they were on sale^^) and even saw some gothic lolitas. Score! Better yet, I've discovered a great new band called Metronome, or メトロノーム if you like. They are sa-weet! Imagine Devo reborn as visual kei. They even do jerky robot movements in their pvs (promotional videos= music videos in Japan). You can watch them on Youtube. Or you can suck and not.